Paper box



Nov. 11

F. J. ROOT PAPER B0X Filed June ll 1923 Patented Nov. 11, 1924.

UNIT-ED sTrEs FREDERICK J'. IROOT, OF CLEVELAND. OHIO.

PAPER BOX.

Application led June 11, 1923. Serial No. 644,671.

To al] w11 0mt may concern.'

Be it known that LFREDERICK J. Hoor. a citizen of the [.'nited States.residing at Cleveland. in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio. haveinvented certainl new and useful Improvements in Paper Boxes. of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to paper boxes, and has for its object to providean improved box or container particularly adapted and intended fortransporting vice cream.

The object of the invention is to p rovide an improved lock for thecover or end of the box. A further object is to provide an improvedhandle by means -of which the box -can be carried: and another object isto provide improved means for opening the box in such manner that thecontents thereof can be sliced, the whole wall of the .box being paperor cardboard. of sufficient strength to hold its shape under ordinaryconditions.

Each end of this cylinder is fitted with a removable cover or closureconsisting of a head 7 and a rim 8 seamed or otherwise joined thereto.the particular manner of constructing the cap being unimportant to thepresent invention. The rim of this cap or cover tits `on the. outside ofthe end of the cylinder.

Lach end of the cylinder 6 is slitted, as indicated at 9. for a shortdistance. and an endless cord 10 is caught in these slots. one part ofthe cord extending inside the cylinder and the other part outside. thelatter part being slack to afford a handle.

The rim of each cover is provided with an angular or bayonet slit 11entering from l the edge of the rim. with a notch 12 at said edge` intowhich the string may be easily entered. l

the string 1() is ent-ered into the notch y1 12 and the slit 11. and thecover is' then turned slightly, the string passing into the offset Whenthe cover is placed on the cylinder,v

part of the slit and therebv forming a lock which prevents the coverslipping off. The .same arrangement may be provided at each end of thecylinder. Y

Then the package is to be opened. the coversy are manipulated to releasethe string from the slits 11. and the covers can then be pulled oli'.Then. b v giving a sharp pull on the string 10` the paper body ofcylinder 6 will be ripped or slitted its whole length, and the stringpulled out permitting the cylinder to be opened out- Hat with a brick orblock of cream restingr thereon in convenient position to be cut up intoslices.

It will be noticed that there is an entire absence of metal parts, theWhole device being constructed of a paper tube, pressed paper caps, anda string. The parts are cheap, andcan be readily assembled, and thecontainer will be practically Water-tight, it being noticed that: theslits 9 are covered by the rims S when the covers or caps are in place.

The invention is not limited-to the particular form shown. butmodifications are possible within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

l. A paper box comprising a cylindrical body and caps on 'the endsthereof, :the ends of the body and the rimsxof the caps being'` slitted,and an endless string" extending lengthwise within the body and thru saislits and forming a handle and adapted to be pulled to ripthe wall ofthe box lengthwlse.

2. A paper box comprising a cylindrical body, caps" on the opposite endsthereof, the caps having inwardly projecting flanges fitting outside theends ofthe body. said ends having open slits and said flanges havingangular slits, and an endless cord extending lengthwise within said bodyand thru all of said slits, whereby the cord locks the caps on the bodyand may be pulled to rip the wall of the body lengthwise.

In testimony whereof` I atlixmy signature 100 in presence of twowitnesses.4

FREDERICK J. ROOT. Witnesses:

J OHN A. BOMMHARDT,

BEssn-z F. POLLAK.

